Welcome

- Hi, my name's Rich Harrington,and today, we're gonna be taking a lookat practical Photoshop selections.Now, a selection in Photoshop is simply choosing the pixelsthat you want to modify.And without a selection, you're really leaving a loton the table.You see, selections can be used to refine adjustmentsto just localized area of an image,or they could actually be used to create masksand transparency.True power users know that selections are the keyto more accurate adjustments and better looking photos.The techniques we're gonna explore today will workwith nearly all versions of Photoshop,so no matter what version you have,you can get more out of it after watching this class.

We've got a lot ahead of us, so let's jump in.

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3/12/2012

Practical Photoshop CS5 Selections reveals the importance of making precise selections, whether for masking or making color and tone adjustments, and how to make them with the tools in Adobe Photoshop. Author Rich Harrington shows how to make a basic selection with the Select menu commands and the Marquee, Lasso, and Magic Wand tools, and then refine it with Expand and Contract, Smooth and Feather, Quick Masks, and other controls. The course also covers advanced techniques such as selecting with Color Range and working with channels. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:

Creating masks from selections

Moving a selection

Selecting with the Quick Selection tool

Transforming a selection

Using the Refine Edge command

Selecting a color or tonal range throughout the image

Making a selection with the Pen tool

Saving a selection as an alpha channel

Creating a selection from multiple channels with the Calculations command